Mephisto Prize

The Mephisto Prize (メフィスト賞) is a Japanese literary award for unpublished genre fiction novels, mainly for mystery novels. It was established in 1996 by the editors of Mephisto magazine and is awarded on an irregular basis. The winning work is published by Kodansha and the winner receives a statue of Sherlock Holmes.

Winners whose works are available in English
The BBB is a publishing group in which some Mephisto Prize winners participate. The group was established in 2012 by Ryusui Seiryoin and other Mephisto Prize winners to translate their works into English and publish them as ebooks.
 * Writers engaged in The BBB
 * Hiroshi Mori
 * Ryusui Seiryoin (Chief Editing Officer of The BBB)
 * Kenichi Sobu
 * Kyosuke Tsumiki
 * Takafumi Takada
 * Ryosuke Akizuki
 * Ryuoh Yano


 * Other writers
 * Otaro Maijo
 * Yuya Sato
 * Nisio Isin

Mephisto (magazine)
Mephisto (メフィスト) is a Japanese literary magazine of genre fiction, mainly of mystery fiction. It has been published triannually by Kodansha since April 1994.

Koji Suzuki's Promenade of the Gods was serialized in the magazine from 1995 to 2002. The first three stories of Nisio Isin's Monogatari series were published in the magazine in 2005-2006.


 * Short stories available in English translation which were originally published in Mephisto magazine
 * Hiroshi Mori
 * "The Girl Who Was the Little Bird" (December 1997 issue)
 * "A Pair of Hearts" (October 1998 issue)
 * "Which Is the Witch?" (September 1999 issue)
 * Rintaro Norizuki
 * "An Urban Legend Puzzle" (September 2001 issue)
 * Soji Shimada
 * "The Locked House of Pythagoras" (September 1999 issue)
 * Takafumi Takada
 * "Three Little Bonzes: The Case Diary of Chinami Chiba" (September 2000 issue)
 * "A Goat on a Boat to Float: The Case Diary of Chinami Chiba" (September 2002 issue)

• Jiro Akagawa
 * Contributors

• Taku Ashibe

• Yukito Ayatsuji

• Keigo Higashino

• Kouhei Kadono

• Shinji Kajio

• Hideyuki Kikuchi

• Natsuhiko Kyogoku

• Otaro Maijo

• Hiroshi Mori

• Kyotaro Nishimura

• Nisio Isin

• Rintaro Norizuki

• Fuyumi Ono

• Yuya Sato

• Ryusui Seiryoin

• Soji Shimada

• Koji Suzuki

• Katsuhiko Takahashi

• Masaki Yamada